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SPDR® ETF Family Announces Impact Of Receiving Income

The SPDR® S&P® Semiconductor ETF (NYSE: XSD) is announcing that on September 21, 2011, it will record additional securities lending income as a result of a stock lending transaction.

The total amount to be recorded by the fund is listed below. When the fund calculates its net asset value (“NAV”) per share on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, it is estimated that the Fund’s NAV will be impacted by the receipt of the corresponding income in the amount stated below based on the shares outstanding as of September 19, 2011.

Fund

Income Received

Shares Outstanding asof September 19, 2011

Per Share Amount

The SPDR® S&P®Semiconductor ETF(NYSE: XSD)

$181,683

1,600,000

$0.1136

State Street manages $266 billion* in SPDR ETF assets worldwide (as of June 30, 2011) and is one of the largest ETF providers in the US and globally.

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